title: Formation of aromatics in thermally induced reactions of chemically bonded RP-C18 stationary phase.
abstract: In continuation of the research on the thermally induced chemical transformation of the silica-based chemically bonded stationary phases (C18), the oxidative cleavage of the silicon-carbon bonds with hydrogen peroxide and potassium fluoride was utilized, followed by the gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) study of the resulting products. These investigations allowed determination of the probable structures of certain thermal modification products as the various different alkyl derivatives of the phenylsilane ligands. Apart from aromatic compounds, the products with unsaturated bonds and carbonyl functionalities were found in the analyzed extracts. The analysis of the GC-MS chromatograms reveals that under the applied working conditions, the investigated process runs with relatively low yields.
authors.affiliation: University of Bielsko-Biala, ul. Willowa 2, Bielsko-Biala 43-309, Poland prus@ath.bielsko.pl.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Prus